Separate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951

Origin date: 1 July 1991
Updated: 27 Aug 2019

Separate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951

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The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of Europeans and non-Europeans in that province, and to that end to amend the law relating to the registration of Europeans and non-Europeans as voters for Parliament and for the said provincial council; to amend the law relating to the registration of non-Europeans and natives in the province of Natal as voters for Parliament and for the provincial council of natal; to establish a Board for Coloured Affairs; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Separate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113198

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